Grocery cabinet



May 28, 1929. H, D, BURNS 1,715,276

GROCERY CABINET 1.*

Filed April '7, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet, 2'

me/nto@ D. Burns' H. D. BURNS GROCERY CABINET May 2s, 1929.

3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed April 7. 1928 311m# n hw,

1I. Dif Urns W. ofi.

Patented May 2s, 1929.

' UNTE Si inane ric GROCERY Application led April 7,

The present invention relatos to improvements in grocery cabinets, and has for an object to provide a cabinet structure designed to take the place of the many shelves, counters, bins and boxes now in common use.

It is another object of the invention to so construct and arrange a cabinet as to save the clerks time and energy and rto give to the customers better and quicker service, to conserve space where rents' are high, and to keep the goods in regular movement, whereby no stale goods remain on the backs of the shelves.

.With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter,l and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showingl an improved cabinet constructed according to the present invention. p l

' .Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section taken through a portion of the cabinet.

Figure 3 is also a fragmentary section taken through another compartment Vof the cabinet.

Figure 4 is a similar view taken through a further compartment.

,Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of t-he inclined shelves.

Figure 6 is a similar view' of the rails for supporting the shelves.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view vshowing one form of platform and Figure 8 Vis a similar view, showing a second ,form of platform and keeper, and

Figure 9 is a perspective viewshowing a further modified'form of keeper.

- Referring more particularly to the drawings the top 10l of the vcabinet is shown to partitions or walls for receiving various canned and packaged goods. A row of canned goods is `shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 as arranged on an vinclined shelf 12. This shelf is shown more particularly in CABNET.

1928. Serial No. 268,150.

back to the rear wall 16 of the cabinet. rlhe channels 17 open downwardly, so that they may be slipped over the side rails 18, shown -in Figure 6. These siderails are 'provided with the projections or tenons-19 and .20

kto be "received respectively into the notches 21 and 22 of the front rear wall 16. l

As shown in Figures 2 and 7, the c ans or other packaged goods are adapted to descend from the inclinedshelves onto platforms 23 which are disposed substantially straight or horizontally just oft the lower ends of vthe shelves. The side edges'of the platforms 23 are received into the grooves or slots 24 made inthe partitions or' sidewalls 15, so as to support the partitions, vthe front and rear corner portions 25 and 26 of which are cut away as best seen in Figure 7. The front edges of the platforms are bent downwardly toprovide strengthening flanges 27, v while the rear ends of the platforms are rolled about transverse rods v23. These rods are secured` in the cut-out portions 29 in the side walls 15. lt will vbe noted that these side partitions 15 and walls are very shallow and that the `cut-,out

`parts 29 lare made in the rear edges thereof.

These cut-out partsalso communicate with the rear lower portions of the slots 24.y With the partitions are associated keepers for holding the cans upon the platform. One

form of keeper is shown in Figures 2 and 7 I in whichr a wire bail is constructed having its free ends 30 looped about the end portions ofthe rod 28 in thev cut-out cornerportions 26.' The arms 31 of the bail extend downwardly beneath' the partition and diagonally. v

The cross rod 31 adjoins the freeends of the arms 31 and is offset downwardly'and preferably lies outwardly beyond the forward end of 'the platform and beyond the outer edge of the' cabinet.

A Vspring tongue 32 is formed as a part of 1 the partition 23, beingrolled about the rod 28 and brought down in the bail to the cross rod 31 with which it is joined, as by rolling the free end of the tongue about the cross rod. The tongue is preferably carried to a point just above the cross rod 3l and then downwardly and about the same. This construction cooperates with the shoulder portions 33 for engaging the can to hold it on the platform below.

As shown in Figures 3 and 8, the shelves and cabinet construction are substantially thesame, but in this case the platform 23 is provided with an rip-turned flange 27a, which acts as a keeper tohold the can in place, as shown in Figure 3. There is no other keeper necessary, but the rear end of the platforiir is rolled Vabout the transverse rod 28a.

vReferring more particularly to' Figures 2, fl andi), a modified form of keeper is shown vconsisting .of a single strand of wire having the free ends thereof bent outwardly to provide trunnions 34- which are either fixedly or vrotatably supported in the side wall l5. A- cross bar 35 and arms 36 are carried by the trunnions for engaging either the top of the can, as shown in Figure 2, or thev lower portion thereof, as shown in Figure 4l.'

The constructionV shown in Figure 7 is best adapted to the use of canned goods, while the construction, shown in Figure 8 will be found ymore adaptable to so-called flats, meaning` smaller tinned goods.V The device shown in' Figure 9` will be more adapted for boxed cereals and the like.

In Figure l, 37 designates doors mounted in connection withV certain of the compartments containing different sized goods,

' which do not display wellv and are, therecompartments.

fore, obscured by the doors on which labels may be placed to indicate the contents of the l In the large chutes ll at the bottom bulk goods may be placed, such as beans, sugar, etc. The shelves l0V at the top goods, which are There is no restriction as to the height, length or sizfe of the cabinet. The parts` are so constructed that they may be removed andadjusted to suit various arrangements of the goods.

It is obvious that various changes rand modications may be made in the details of construction and'design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit therelinclined shelves, and yieldable keepers having dowii-turned free ends disposed below said platforms for engaging" the articles upon the platform below.

2. ln a grocery cabinet, a series of superposed inclined shelves, horizontal platforms` at the lower ends of the shelves, transverse rods carried by the cabinet at the inner ends of the platforms, a keeper bail having its ends pivotally extending about the yends of said rods, and a spring tongue forming a part of the platform extending about each rod and having its free end looped about the free portion of the bail.

3. In a grocery cabinet, a series of superposed inclined shelves, horizontal platforms at thelowerends ofthe shelves, said horizontal platforms having down-turned front edges and cut away rear corner portions, rods carried by the cabinet at the rear portions of the platforms, wire bail keepers having their free ends rolled about the en'ds'of said rods in the cut away` portions of the platform', said bails having the intermediate' portions thereof turned downwardly, and sprin'gl tongues forin'i'ng a part ofthe rear portions ofthe platform bent about said rods and Vdownwardly inthe hails and connectedvwithfthe intermediate portions of the bails for forcing the same yieldably downward.

l. In a grocery cabinet, an inclined shelf,

a horizontal platform having an tip-turned outer end at the front of the shelf,sid'e walls having grooves to receive the side Vedges of the platform, and a rod carried by tl'i'ewalls and engaging throughthe rolled over rear end portion of the platform.`

5. In a grocery cabinet, a rear notched wall, front short partition notched and the goods upon the platforms.

HAROLD D. BURNS. 

